twenties
noun, adjective
twenties is spelled T-W-E-N-T-I-E-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, twenties means “The third decade of a century: the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in twenties?
| Letters | 8: T-W-E-N-T-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is twenties?
Twenties appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce twenties?
Twenties has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of twenties
- 'twenties
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does twenties mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The third decade of a century: the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.
My roommates said they were hosting a party inspired by the twenties which I assumed meant the 1920s but it turned out the theme was the 1120s BCE.
- 2
The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29.
The waiter was in his twenties.
- 3
The range between 20 and 29.
She shivered; twenties by the water felt different than twenties in the mountains.
- 4
plural of twenty
adjective
- 1
From or evoking the 21st through 30th years of a century (chiefly the 1920s).
That bob haircut makes you look so twenties.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Twenties in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the decade of the 1920s:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | années vingt, années 20 |
| German | zwanziger Jahre, Zwanziger, 20er, 1920er |
| Spanish | años veinte |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.